BWW Reviews: THE CIVIL WAR at Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre
Like Rodney Dangerfield before him, Frank Wildhorn gets no respect in musical theater circles.
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BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES at Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center
As powerfully moving as it has ever been, Les Miserables - the epic musicalization of Victor Hugo's classic novel by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil - returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for an eight-performance stand this week, in a visually commanding , artfully re-imagined a
BWW Reviews: THE FALL TO EARTH from GroundWorks Theatre
Joel Drake Johnson's The Fall to Earth is an atypical, darkly comic - yet at the same time very serious - take on the conventional mother/daughter tale.
BWW Reviews: Nate Eppler's LONG WAY DOWN from 3PS Productions
Quite simply, with Long Way Down Eppler proves himself a playwright of the highest order, delivering a well-crafted script that delves into the pro-life movement with an incisive wit that is blended artfully with a gritty realism to create a completely believable premise, peopled by characters so ge
BWW Reviews: Keeping Scores' FUNNY GIRL in Concert
Of course, one way around that theatrical conundrum is to take the route that director Scott Logsdon and Keeping Scores Concerts at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre have embarked upon for three performances this weekend: Cast 12 different actresses as Fanny Brice, each one well-qualified to take on a
BWW Reviews: Tennessee Repertory Theatre's PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES
Over the years, Rene Dunshee Copeland, Pam Atha and Martha Wilkinson have collaborated numerous times on all sorts of musicals - and among them, they have garnered the lion's share of First Night Awards presented for achievement in musical theater in Nashville - and so it's pretty damn exciting for
BWW Reviews: Circle Players' 13 at The Keeton Theatre
Nashville's Circle Players, now in its 61st season and the oldest community theatre in Middle Tennessee, has scored one of its biggest hits ever with the current production of Jason Robert Brown's 13.
BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA, the ENCHANTED EDITION from showHOPE
Matt Logan could easily have rested on his laurels and simply re-staged the second offering of showHOPE's Cinderella, the Enchanted Edition in exactly the same manner as he did in 2010 - it was a magical evening, at the very least, and it would certainly be easier, acceptable even to his most loyal
BWW Reviews: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR from Belmont University Theatre
There must be something in the water on campus at Nashville's Belmont University - sure, the theatre and musical theatre faculty's skills are virtually unparalleled, but it's the talent, the quality and the devotion to their craft of the students that truly boggles the mind and is worthy of unbridle
BWW Reviews: A PERFECT GANESH from Rhubarb Theater Company
Coming between Lips Together, Teeth Apart and Love! Valour! Compassion! in the canon of Terrence McNally's works, A Perfect Ganesh - despite its Pulitzer Prize nomination - remains relatively unknown, seldom produced and somewhat unappreciated by theater audiences.
BWW Reviews: THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at Towne Centre Theatre
John Bishop's The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 is a deliciously campy send-up of movies, mysteries and musicals - and now, thanks to a top-flight production from Brentwood's Towne Centre Theatre, local audiences can once again revel in the play's cleverly constructed, though thoroughly implausible
BWW Reviews: Ginger Newman stars in FOOL'S GAMES at The Keeton Theatre
Newman - whom we hereby crown 'the doyenne of Nashville cabaret' - hints that more be on our artistic horizon, telling her audience Saturday night that she hopes to spread the gospel of cabaret to a larger audience on a more regular basis.
BWW Reviews: CATS national tour at TPAC
Cats is best viewed through fresh eyes, probably, when the wonder of the spectacle is first encountered.
BWW Reviews: FIVE reasons for Nashville audiences to be thankful
Nashville theatre-goers are a pretty lucky lot, with a great deal to be thankful for actually, what with the wealth of talent you can find in our little burg.
BWW Reviews: Boiler Room Theatre's CRIMES OF THE HEART
A favorite of theater audiences since its debut at the 1979 Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Crimes of the Heart is given a faithful and elegantly staged revival at Franklin's Boiler Room Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Belmont University Musical Theatre's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Directed by David Shamburger, with musical direction by Jo Lynn Burks, The Drowsy Chaperone is an unmistakably top-flight production, performed with stylish glee by the cast of student actors who bring the 'musical within a comedy' to such vibrantly mesmerizing life.
BWW Reviews: Street Theatre Company's HAIRSPRAY
There is so much energy, enthusiasm and heart found in Street Theatre Company's Hairspray that it's certain to keep your spirits buoyed for a long time after leaving the theater.
BWW Reviews: THE FOREIGNER at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre
Chaffin's Barn, the venerable Nashville theatrical venue where you get top-flight productions served up alongside some mighty tasty roast beef, is on a roll this year.
BWW Reviews: IN THE HEIGHTS national company at TPAC
There is so much heart and soul to be found in In The Heights, the Tony Award-winning musical now onstage at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, that you cannot help but fall in love with every character in the piece, so vibrantly created by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who did the music and lyrics; with a
BWW Reviews: THE 39 STEPS from Tennessee Repertory Theatre
There is an embarrassment of riches on display in Tennessee Repertory Theatre's production of The 39 Steps - not the least of which is the cumulative effort of four of Nashville's finest actors showing off everything in their estimable bag of tricks to bring this enormously entertaining play to life
BWW Reviews: SEE HOW THEY RUN at Encore Theatre Company
There is a huge difference between unbridled enthusiasm and the completely undisciplined free-for-all on display in Encore Theatre Company's production of Philip King's classic stage comedy See How They Run.
BWW Reviews: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA from ACT 1 at Darkhorse Theatre
First-time director Anne-Geri Fann acquits herself admirably with her production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana which, like so many of Williams' characters, is flawed and imperfect yet somehow compelling, provocative and imminently watchable.
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Moon Over Buffalo Tellico Community Playhouse (9/03-9/20) |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In The Fisher Center at Belmont University (10/17-10/17) |
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Misery Ramsey Theatre Company (3/19-3/20) |
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Barefoot in the Park Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (1/29-2/14) |
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The Shark is Broken The Circuit Playhouse (5/07-5/30) |
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ATRIUM TheatreWorks@TheSquare (1/08-1/24) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot Orpheum Theatre (10/27-11/01) |
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Leanne Morgan Bridgestone Arena (12/11-12/11) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Ramsey Theatre Company (6/26-6/27) |
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Five Finger Death Punch, Cody Jinks & Eva Under Fire FirstBank Amphitheater (10/08-10/08) |